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The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow covering much of mainland Scotland. This came into force at 3am today and is due to lift at 6pm.
More than 430 flights due to take off or land at UK airports were cancelled on Friday.
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Hide AdA man was killed by a falling tree in County Wexford in the south east of Ireland today while a member of the public was in hospital with serious injuries after being struck by falling debris from a roof in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
The winds were so strong in London that parts of the O2 Arena roof have been “ripped off”.
Train services are running well across Scotland with ScotRail saying travellers shouldn’t expect as much disruption as was brought by Storm Dudley earlier this week.
In Aberdeenshire more than 30 schools were closed due to the forecast heavy snow while some schools were shut in Angus and Inverclyde.
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Scotland’s weather LIVE: Storm Eunice strikes the country bringing heavy snow, high winds and icy conditions
Rail operators warn travel disruption in England is ‘inevitable’
A Network Rail spokesman said disruption is “inevitable” and Welsh services will be suspended for the whole day, while London North East Railway urged customers with tickets for Friday to travel on Saturday instead or get a refund due to expected disruption and damage.
East Midlands Railway said trains to and from London St Pancris “may be withdrawn at short notice”, while National Rail said there would be no trains between Nottingham and Skegness until about 8am.
Northern advised customers “NOT TO TRAVEL across the Northern network”.
Storm Eunice to bring adverse weather and disruption today
The Met Office has alerted the public to brace for wind and snow today across the UK. They have even sent out rare Red Weather Warnings to areas in Wales.
Met Office warn of rare and dangerous weather phenomenon
The forecaster notified the public that a dangerous weather phenomenon known as a sting jet - a small area of highly intense wind inside a storm - could form later on Friday.
Met Office chief meteorologist Paul Gundersen said: “After the impacts from Storm Dudley for many on Wednesday, Storm Eunice will bring damaging gusts in what could be one of the most impactful storms to affect southern and central parts of the UK for a few years.”
“The red warning areas indicate a significant danger to life as extremely strong winds provide the potential for damage to structures and flying debris.”